Ling Xiaoxiao followed the official to the public hall, the ankle chains on her ankles rubbed against the ground, and the officers and soldiers standing on both sides made her shudder a little. I have long heard that this Liu Governor's Mansion has a little relationship with the palace, and he is searching for people's fat and ointment everywhere, and the people are complaining. Somehow, my right eyelid kept throbbing, and I always felt like something was happening.

"Who's in the hall?"

"Returning to my lordship, the people's daughter is Ling Xiaoxiao, the maid of Fengxian Pavilion." He replied with a low brow.

"Today in the lake in the backyard of Fengxian Pavilion, a female corpse was found, it was Shizuka, the maid of Fengxian Pavilion, can you confess?"

Kneeling on his knees, he looked at the man sitting at the desk in front of him, with a round body, thin eyebrows and small eyes, and an obscene appearance.

Ling Xiaoxiao had a chill, and before he could start asking about the case, this Governor Liu had already convicted himself, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"My lord, please be aware of it, although the body was found and notified by the little girl, but the little girl has nothing to do with this case, please also investigate."

"Nothing to do with it?" Governor Liu snorted.

The startled wood in his hand slapped on the table, and a sound of "pop'-" sounded in the public hall, and Ling Xiaoxiao was stunned.

"Bold fanatics, murder and don't admit mistakes, it seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, come here, bring witnesses."

The official gave the order, and in less than a moment, he took one person to the court, knelt beside him, and looked up, but it was Xue Yao in prison.

"You can speak boldly about what you see, and the ruler will decide everything for you." Governor Liu said.

Xue Yao turned her head and glanced at Ling Xiaoxiao on the side, and then choked up and replied: "Yes, my lord, the little girl Xue Yao, served in Fengxian Pavilion with Shizuka, like sisters, I happened to see Ling Xiaoxiao and Shizuka have a conflict yesterday, Shizuka was very emotional at that time, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect Shizuka to be like this today. A sobbing sound came from the side.

"Xue Yao?!" With her eyes wide open, Ling Xiaoxiao couldn't believe the situation in front of her, she had already explained it clearly in prison just now, how could it be like before in the blink of an eye, and she was still thinking about how to comfort her.

Xue Yao lowered her head, not daring to look at her.

"Lord Hui, the folk girl did meet Shizuka yesterday, but it was only a chance encounter, and she had no contact before, and based on this alone, I can't determine that Shizuka's death was my doing." Ling Xiaoxiao argued that Xue Yao's testimony could only prove that there had been a conflict between her and Shizuka, but it could not prove that she was the murderer of Shizuka.

Seeing that Ling Xiaoxiao was still refutating, Governor Liu's face turned pale, and he patted the case, "Spread the word." ”

After a while, he appeared in the court.

"Tell me all about the specific situation."

He nodded and reported the situation of the corpse examination one by one, "Back to the adult, according to the villain's inspection, this person did not drown normally, from the corpse's mouth, I took an object, and asked the adult to look at it." With that, he handed over something with both hands.

"What is this?" Observing what the official had presented, Governor Liu asked.

"This substance is called Caowu, which is generally used to treat head wind and throat paralysis, but if the drug is excessive, it can also paralyze people's nerves and be used as a drug." He replied.

Ling Xiaoxiao realized that Shizuka did not fall into the lake by herself, but someone deliberately murdered her.

was about to say something to Governor Liu, but he heard another official messenger.

"Legend Phoenix Immortal Pavilion Wenjie-"

Dressed in pink, he paced forward.

"You know it." The official handed the grass to Wen Jie, Wen Jie carefully identified it, and then replied: "Lord Hui, I recognize, I went to the pharmacy to buy this medicine a few days ago." ”

"Then why did you buy this?"

Wen Jie glanced at Ling Xiaoxiao, and then replied: "It's that Xiaoxin has had a headache recently, and I happened to go to the market that day, so I asked me to bring some grass to cure the headache, if you don't believe it, you can ask Dr. Xu in the pharmacy." ”

Sitting on the ground, Ling Xiaoxiao felt a trace of cold air coming out of the soles of her feet, since she met Shizuka yesterday, it was as if she had been planned, today Xue Yao and Wen Jie testified, and they insisted on involving her in this case, but she thought carefully in her mind, since she came to Fengxian Pavilion, she didn't seem to have offended anyone, who hurt her so much.

"Returning to my lordship, the folk girl has never asked Wen Jie to buy this thing, and besides, there are so many precious medicinal materials in the Fengxian Pavilion, why do you need to buy them outside." Turning his head, Ling Xiaoxiao continued: "Wen Jie, where did I offend you to let you frame me in such a way. ”

Wen Jie's eyes flushed, and she turned her face, "Xiaoxiao, I don't know what you're talking about, you said you had a headache a few days ago and asked me to buy it for you, have you forgotten?" ”

"Wen Jie, you!?"

Ling Xiaoxin shuddered, it seems that Wen Jie is going to bite this matter no matter what, and no one else testifies, Governor Liu's attitude at the beginning was to believe that she was related to this case, and now on her own, I am afraid it will be difficult to get rid of the connection with this case, somehow, now Gu Yu's figure suddenly appeared in her mind, and she shook her head, no, she can only rely on herself now.

"Newspaper—"

An official came in from outside, walking in a hurry, holding something like a purse.

"My lord, this is from the maid's room, please take a look." He stepped forward, opened his purse, picked up the contents and sniffed them.

"My lord, it's Caowu."

Governor Liu took the case, "Ling Xiaoxiao, what else do you have to say?" ”

"My lord, I resolutely refuse to admit what the folk girl has not done, Shizuka's death has nothing to do with the folk girl, the folk girl is wronged, please also ask the adult to investigate."

She resolutely refused to admit what she had not done, and if she confessed at this time, then she would have no place to turn over.

"Hmph, stubborn." Governor Liu snorted coldly, "Come on, drag me down and hit the twenty boards, this official will see if your mouth is still hard." ”

There was no room for resistance, and no longer listened to Ling Xiaoxiao's defense, so Governor Liu ordered someone to drag her down.

The heavy wooden board hit his body, and the pain spread to his whole body, Ling Xiaoxiao bit his lip tightly, his face turned pale, and the sweat on his forehead kept coming out.

At this moment, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes were thinking of Wen Jie's eyes just now, and she was dragged down to look at the ground, innocent and pitiful, as if she was the victim of all this.

Hehe, Ling Xiaoxiao sneered, is this the cruelty between human feelings? Originally, she thought that she had a good relationship with Wen Jie, but in the end, it was just her self-righteousness.

"Ah Niang-" muttered to her mouth, she couldn't fall down here, she still had a lot of things to do, her eyes were already blurry, she felt the hot pain in her body, and forced her breath, Ling Xiaoxiao kept a trace of clarity until she returned to the prison, and then fell asleep.